Vivian Galad

I don't speak any other language.....although one day,  an Indian told me I spoke with forked tongue     besides........I'm a humorist  
 
as for how you want to expand the lower deck......you made the extra bulkheads...that's good,  but dry fit the spar deck to see what you can see down there,  before you go further.   you have that deck part in place already.   you could very well trim out some of that false keel and extend it back further.   but do the spar deck thing first.......see just how much you can see.  wouldn't want you doing stuff for nothing  

Hehehe! Here I am right on the front to follow your work, Piet! Great news to know of you and a build of yours! 

Magnifico!
 
State of the art - No words to describe. 

Hey Mr. Pucko! Nice kit to build, great work so far - being late to follow your log. Love the Vasa, such a story and the hard lesson on building ships.

Getting front row. ^^

Getting front row. ^^

Hello mates!
 
Comes the weekend, its shipbuilding time! 
 
In advance, I´m heeding your words and will change the bow, so it wouldn´t look as much as the Mataró´s. I adjusted a little bit the center of the ship ro receive the cargo deck, but after seeing Dori´s start on her new ship and re-reading Woodrat´s marvelous log, felt a little down on myself for not thinking on creating the lower deck, the cargo deck, lowering my frames, all of them. Maybe the kit´s instructions got into my mind and I just got with the flow. Hope the sensation vanishes at some point - I´ll get the ship going and throw away my frustrations as the Mataró´s itself is my next project and will be pof.
 
First picture, that massive wooden block I had to sand till my hands were falling off the wrist. It will be responsible for bending the planks on the right direction. Since I´ll change the bow a little, think they´ll be more drivers and have a little less influence on planking. First one I took to the saw piece at piece, second one I tried to sand directly from the final piece and, well, first one is the way to go.
 

 
 
Second picture shows the cargo deck on place. I lowered it a bit to gain space for beans (think they´ll be on sight). I´ll plank it too, but I´m still thinking what will be it like, so, let´s wait a bit.
 

 
I´m planking decks already. Corel didn´t provide me with the wood for planking, or the last owner (kit comes from e-bay). Had some since I got new ones for the Oseberg (too thin, since I want to plank the Oseberg directly over the frames - have to put that on the Oseberg´s log, by the way).
 

 
Next picture shows where the planking belong.
 

 
I haven´t fixed the frames on the aft and stern for I´m still planning the cabins. Still don´t know what they should have for furniture.
 
And the work is going on - The bow line as of Corel´s, the sanded block on place and the mod I´m doing to it, so it will be a little less bended up.
 


 

And that´s all for this update. As always, suggestions are welcome. ^^
 
 
 

And time for an update so you don´t think I´ve vanished again.
 
First of all, sorry for the low quality pics - I´ll have a new cam next month and be posting better ones.
 
As I said, I got a plan on changing the stern and, instead of making a new one (which would be a lot better), cut pieces from plywood and got rid from that steep curve - As it is now, well, not good looking I would say, but, I´ll cover it with a sheet cut and designed as a real stern should look - that said, my keel will be from the same wood, so, I´ll be changing the kit´s wood destined for it.
 

 
I´ve been planking decks. After I finished them I realized I could´ve done it other way, close to what it should be - following beams and such, but, then again the ship have no beams and I would have to create them - and I´ll try at least to reproduce something like them. Of course pictures won´t show, but pin holes were made - caulking coming soon.
 

So, I´ll show some cargo hold - don´t know if beams would be visible but decided to try some over the cargo hold - Not quite sure how I´ll make them - but I´m into reading so many things about and seeing so many pictures that I´ll figure it out soon enough. Still don´t know if I should plank the hull inside at the visible parts, so, I´m reproducing some more frames.
 

 



I´m using plywood, but will cover if needed.
 
It´s a small update, hope to be showing more soon.

Just watching your interactions, guys! ahahahahaha
 
I was born on a multilingual family and as a child could not identify some words I used from a language or other. Children can´t forgive that and I met some bullying till I could comprehend that жопа (jopa-***/but), in russian, wasn´t a world other children could comprehend.
 
Thanks for all compliments and for the healthy discussion above. Good to wake up laughing!
 
By the way, Italians say Spanish and Portuguese are bad Italian, or something like that.

Thank you, Piet! Just trying to do my best - and learning, always learning.

Just watching your interactions, guys! ahahahahaha
 
I was born on a multilingual family and as a child could not identify some words I used from a language or other. Children can´t forgive that and I met some bullying till I could comprehend that жопа (jopa-***/but), in russian, wasn´t a world other children could comprehend.
 
Thanks for all compliments and for the healthy discussion above. Good to wake up laughing!
 
By the way, Italians say Spanish and Portuguese are bad Italian, or something like that.

And time for an update so you don´t think I´ve vanished again.
 
First of all, sorry for the low quality pics - I´ll have a new cam next month and be posting better ones.
 
As I said, I got a plan on changing the stern and, instead of making a new one (which would be a lot better), cut pieces from plywood and got rid from that steep curve - As it is now, well, not good looking I would say, but, I´ll cover it with a sheet cut and designed as a real stern should look - that said, my keel will be from the same wood, so, I´ll be changing the kit´s wood destined for it.
 

 
I´ve been planking decks. After I finished them I realized I could´ve done it other way, close to what it should be - following beams and such, but, then again the ship have no beams and I would have to create them - and I´ll try at least to reproduce something like them. Of course pictures won´t show, but pin holes were made - caulking coming soon.
 

So, I´ll show some cargo hold - don´t know if beams would be visible but decided to try some over the cargo hold - Not quite sure how I´ll make them - but I´m into reading so many things about and seeing so many pictures that I´ll figure it out soon enough. Still don´t know if I should plank the hull inside at the visible parts, so, I´m reproducing some more frames.
 

 



I´m using plywood, but will cover if needed.
 
It´s a small update, hope to be showing more soon.

Just watching your interactions, guys! ahahahahaha
 
I was born on a multilingual family and as a child could not identify some words I used from a language or other. Children can´t forgive that and I met some bullying till I could comprehend that жопа (jopa-***/but), in russian, wasn´t a world other children could comprehend.
 
Thanks for all compliments and for the healthy discussion above. Good to wake up laughing!
 
By the way, Italians say Spanish and Portuguese are bad Italian, or something like that.

Wow! Great and neat job, Bob! Taking a seat! 

Continuation.
 
 

 

 

 
The beginning of the relation is available at this address:
 
 
http://5500.forumact...ndre-1-24#66516
 
 
 
 

Thanks Dan. That would work for a simple billowing sail and that is not the problem. In this carrack sail, there is a reverse curve in the centre where the centre of the sail is being pulled back by a lanyard so the sail does not rub on the mainstay. Also, the carrack mainsail in contemporary illustrations does not hang off the yard. It billows upwards and forwards.
This is why I am having difficulty. But I think I have it licked.

even the excellent R C Anderson model does not attempt this. If I can reproduce this it will be a very gratifying effect. Cheers
Dick

 

Hi Woodrat - 
 
I have had good success, like Druxey, with acrylic matte medium.  I lay up the sail with all its details - bolt ropes, cringles, reinforcements, etc.  Then I lace it to the spar and suspend it horizontally  from the corners of the spar and the lower corners of the sail.  The matte medium is painted on and allowed to dry completely.  The simple weight of the liquid medium pulls the sail into a nice billow.  This can be encouraged with a small bag of rice.  Once dry, it hangs quite nicely, I think.  You can read more about the method, and some mistakes, in my build log of the Queen Anne's Revenge.
 
Best of success.
 
Dan
 

Just watching your interactions, guys! ahahahahaha
 
I was born on a multilingual family and as a child could not identify some words I used from a language or other. Children can´t forgive that and I met some bullying till I could comprehend that жопа (jopa-***/but), in russian, wasn´t a world other children could comprehend.
 
Thanks for all compliments and for the healthy discussion above. Good to wake up laughing!
 
By the way, Italians say Spanish and Portuguese are bad Italian, or something like that.

Just watching your interactions, guys! ahahahahaha
 
I was born on a multilingual family and as a child could not identify some words I used from a language or other. Children can´t forgive that and I met some bullying till I could comprehend that жопа (jopa-***/but), in russian, wasn´t a world other children could comprehend.
 
Thanks for all compliments and for the healthy discussion above. Good to wake up laughing!
 
By the way, Italians say Spanish and Portuguese are bad Italian, or something like that.

Hey guys. Vivian lives in Brazil. Her language is Portuguese
 
 

Portuguese = Badly pronounced Spanish ... She'll certainly get the drift of the message Ulises

Cog LOL - Not true - Brazilian Portuguese is so beautiful, as compared to Portuguese from Portugal IMHO. 
With the exception of Cape Verdean music aria Evora as an example of traditional music --  LOL AND Brazilian Samba.
 
(Yes you were making a joke (:-) )
 
I am very lucky in my life I speak French, Spanish (from Mexico), Portuguese (from Brazil) and english. In my ear Brazilian Portuguese is music indeed.
PS: I am married to a Brazilian - that could help this subjective post 
 
PS: NO I am not so smart but as a child and a teen my dad moved us into countries that required learning languages- So I learned the languages.
PS 2- Fr. Sp Por. - all latin rooted-  made the transitions into those obviously easier.
Cheers,
 

Spoil sport! I love the sound of Brasilian Portuguese. Incidentally, I had a Brasilian girlfriend, way back when I was younger, and you do tend to learn the language faster if you are blessed thus.
 
Desculpe-me, Vivian. Back to your build, much more interesting!!